What is Cheese Without the Maggots?

1. Stacy
   January 22nd, 2009 at 5:07 pm

   Funny... apparently all of us Neato bloggers are fascinated by the maggot cheese

2. Mr. Binky
   January 22nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm

   Holy crap triple post

3. FreakyPolarBear
   January 22nd, 2009 at 5:22 pm

   In case anyone's wondering, the documentary explains that casu marzu can't be acquired legally. The sale of the cheese is forbidden because it can be toxic - apparently the name "cheese fly" is completely made up and the flies used to get the maggots feed on anything fleshy, even dead animals.

   So, yeah.

4. Ali S.
   January 22nd, 2009 at 6:20 pm

   Well, I just had some cheese with my brunch...now I feel it crawling back up my throat. Blegh!

5. Evilbeagle
   January 22nd, 2009 at 7:26 pm

   This stuff is following me. Even before the first post about it, I've been seeing it on TV shows and it's come up in conversation. I hope it doesn't mean that I am destined to taste it.

6. kweenkmatt
   January 22nd, 2009 at 8:15 pm

   Ya know - as fascinating as this is, it's downright freakin' nasty when you think about it. I've seen it 4 times in different blogs in the past week.

   Ew EW Ew Ew Ew EWWWWWW!!!

7. JM
   January 22nd, 2009 at 8:18 pm

   To answer the question "what is cheese without the maggots?"; Only slightly less disgusting than cheese WITH the maggots.

8. tomassino
   January 22nd, 2009 at 8:53 pm

   is a lot worse the collau´s cheese, a rare spanish rotten cheese

9. splam
   January 22nd, 2009 at 9:17 pm

   Watching that fat guys hairy arms swirl around the milky mixture really adds to the over experience.

10. kristi
    January 22nd, 2009 at 9:34 pm

    This maggot cheese has been all over mental floss for the last couple of months, now neatorama. We get it, the maggot cheese is yucky. The maggots will put your eyes out. Bad maggot cheese.

    Next?

11. Sammy
    January 22nd, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    I know this sounds crazy, but my Czech friends mom and dad love this stuff! They can only get it in Czech, but according to her its an aquired taste, even when you dismiss the maggot factor

12. LisaL
    January 22nd, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    The thing that is nasty is that they're eating MAGGOT POO!!! That's why it's so creamy and BLEH.
    It's like those weirdos who want to drink coffee after the beans have been pooped out by goats or whatever. Nasty sickos. It's POO. It's coming out for a reason!

13. binc
    January 23rd, 2009 at 2:28 am

    It seems a little extreme, but we eat vomit and insects and mold all the time.
    Honey - regurgitated bee nectar (it's enzymes in the bee's stomach that makes it into honey)
    Cheese - Moldy milk
    Mushrooms / beer - mold
    Prawns/lobster - Basically sea insects

    The POO thing is the extreme bit.

14. raoul
    January 23rd, 2009 at 4:23 am

    i've eaten with my eyes closed....but it's wonderful.

15. unohav_1
    January 23rd, 2009 at 5:00 am

    I second the hairy armed guy. As disgusting as the end product is, his sweaty hirsute stirring is what churned my stomach.

16. Gail Pink
    January 23rd, 2009 at 9:56 am

    This is the grossest thing imaginable that you could possibly eat. GROSS!!

17. Dr. Lao
    January 23rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    WTF???????????!!!!!!

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